Ohio State and Notre Dame are two of the biggest brands in college football, but the television ratings weren’t exactly indicative of that. The game had 22.1 million viewers, and peaked with 26.1 million viewers in the 8:30-8:45 p.

I​t all comes down to this. The No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes in the inaugural​ College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T.

The Buckeyes beat the Fighting Irish 34-23 to win the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, their first national championship since the 2014 season